speaking assessment is still construed as a complicated, under-researched process from the vantage point of tasks and rater characteristics. the present study aimed at investigating if and how english major and none english major teachers differ in their perception of the construct of oral proficiency while assessing learners’ l2 oral proficiency.  to this end, 38 male and female non-native efl...

introducrion: self and peer a ssessment provides important information about the individual’s performance and behavior in all aspects of their professional environment work. the aim of this study is to evaluate the professional behavior and performance in medical students in the form of team based assessment. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 100 medical students in the 7th year of education...

Objectives: Self-assessment, as one type of alternative assessment, with the increased attention to learner-centered curricula, needs analysis, and learner autonomy has gained popularity in recent years. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of self-assessment on Javanroodian Foreign Language (Kordestan) Learners’ Oral Performance ability. Methods: The assessment program ...

This report describes the development of efficient second language (L2) writing assessment tasks designed specifically for low‐proficiency learners English to be included in TOEFL® Essentials™ test. Based on can‐do descriptors Common European Framework Reference Languages A1 through B1 levels proficiency, four task types were identified prototypical candidate target test‐taker population (i.e.,...

Mail filtering on huge servers is a very difficult problem, mainly in regard to efficiency and security. A filter presenting excellent results when running on small or medium servers may present deceiving results when used on huge servers. This paper presents an approach mixing behaviour and contentanalysis to scale some filtering methods on huge servers.

setback in elevation of a structure is a special irregularity with considerable effect on its seismic performance. this paper addresses multistory reinforced concrete (rc) frame buildings, regular and irregular in elevation. several multistory reinforced concrete moment resisting frames (rcmrfs) with different types of setbacks, as well as the regular frames in elevation, are designed according...

The objectives of this study were (a) to examine the writing performance of L2 learners on the level-specific tasks based on Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and (b) to study the likely difference between students' self-assessed level of writing and those reported by raters. The study was conducted with 138 Iranian students at BA and MA levels in Alborz Institute of Higher Educatio...